Tuesday, December 8, 2009

NEWS 2009: ROH ON HDNET, ON GO FIGHT LIVE & ON THE RADAR

2009 has been a monumental year for Ring of Honor. While they may have had a more star-studded roster in years previous, and maybe style preferred by the more hardcore fans lost a step, but in the public eye, ROH has arrived.

RING OF HONOR

ON HDNET

This year began with ROH making the huge announcement that they had signed a TV deal with HDNet, allowing them to show the world what they've got. While the shows started on shakey legs, they are now producing the greatest TV main events available in North America.

This past summer, ROH announced that "Pro Wrestling is Returning to Monday Nights," and moved ROH on HDNet to a Monday night 8:00 time slot, getting the lead-in for any wrestling fans already planning on staying in and watching RAW.

RING OF HONOR

ON GO FIGHT LIVE

While ROH is no longer available to order on PPV (taped), they've just recently made the deal to allow fans to watch Final Battle 2009 live this month streaming on Go Fight Live, for a price that no other company can offer.

RING OF HONOR

ON WWE'S RADAR

All of these steps have put ROH on the radar - not just for wrestling fans, but the WWE as well. Sure, the WWE has always known (or at least some people within the WWE have known, I assume) that ROH exists... but it was this year in particular that ROH began making it's biggest impact on the biggest wrestling company in the world:

- Bryan Danielson and Low Ki sign with the WWE

- CM Punk cements himself as a main event star

- Evan Bourne makes the move to RAW

- The Briscoes get a WWE tryout

- Davey Richards allegedly was contacted by the WWE

With Jim Cornette returning to help nurture an already strong weekly TV show, a new, cheap and easy way for fans to see ROH live on the internet, and a constantly growing profile, ROH is in for an exciting 2010.

Also, reading this back it sounds like a Ring of Honor commercial, but I guess I just let my fanboy colours show.